Guard for toothbrushes



Sepi. 4, 1923.

. F. .S'HUMAN GUARD FOR TOOTHBRUSHES Filed Oct. 27

mswev 2 Sheets-Sheet l Sept, 4, 1923. v 1,466,967 F. SHUMAN GUARD FOR TOOTHBRUSHES,

Filed O 2'7 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Sept. 4, 1923.

FRANK SHUNAN, OF LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA.

GUARD FOB TOOTHBRUSI-IES.

Application filed October 27, 1922.

T 0 all 10 homit may concern Be it known that I, FRANK SHUMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Long Beach, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have. invented a new and useful Guard for Toothbrushes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention aims to provide a cover for tooth brushes and the like, which may be fashioned cheaply out of paper or like 'flexible material, the cover having a reinforced end provided with an opening through which the tooth brush may be inserted, and being so constructed that it will tend to retain its place upon the tooth brush.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the invention appertains.

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that, within the scope of what is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of the invention shown can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows in plan, the blank out of which the tooth brush cover is made; Figure 2 is a plan wherein the blank is shown partly folded; Figure 3 is a plan of the completed article; Figure 4 is a section on the line 4-4 of Figure 3; Figure 5 is a section on the line 55 of Figure 3; Figure 6 is a section on the line 66 of Figure 3.

The tooth brush cover forming the subject matter of this application is made from a flexible blank of paper or any other suitable material. As shown in Figure 1, the blank is provided at one end with corner notches 1 and 2. The notches 1 and 2 form, in the blank, a body 3 and a reduced tongue 4 at one end of the body. The body 3 has a transverse slit 5 located at the inner end of the notch 1. That end of the body 3 which is remote from the tongue 4 carries a reduced lip 6 of less width than the tongue 4.

The tongue 4 is folded repeatedly along transverse lines 7 to form a multi-layer rib 8. The slit 5 serves to free one end 9 of the rib 8. The body 3 and the rib 8 are folded along a line 10, extended longitudinally of the body and the tongue, and trans:

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wherein the angle 12 ofthe notch 2. is"l1o-f cated, as shown in Figure QL The "free an: 9 of the rib Sis folded intothe notch 2',a1;1g; a. d agonal line 14, tobverlief the 'fiap IIY- The body 3 is folded along a longitudinal line 15, terminating at the inner end of the slit 5, to form a second flap 16. The flap 16 1s overlapped upon the folded free end 9 of the rib 8, and upon the first flap 11. The lip is folded along a transverse line 17 and 1s overlapped upon the flaps 11 and 16, the article then appearing as delineated in Figure 3.

Sundry parts of the article are fastened together by cement, paste or glue, but, since the adhesive is so thin as to be inappreciable 1n the drawings, it is thought that a description, alone will suflice. Thus, referring to Figure 2 after the end 9 of the rib- 8 is folded along the line 14, the said end of the rib may be pasted down on the flap 11. After the flap 16 has been folded on the end 9 of the rib 8 and upon the flap 11, the flap 16 may be pasted to the parts 9 and 11. The lip 6 having been folded over on the flaps 11 and 16, as shown in Figure 3, is pasted thereto.

The resulting structure is a bag, closed at one end by the lip'6, and provided at its opposite end with an opening designated by the numeral 18 in Figure 5. It is into this opening 18 that the head of the tooth brush is inserted, and because the bag, guard or cover is provided, at its open end 18, with the multi-layer rib 8, the article is reinforced, so that it will not be likely to be torn, during the insertion of the tooth brush or during the removal thereof. Noting the point at which the reference numeral 14 is applied in Figure 3, it will be obvious that the cover is tapered at one end, and because the cover is tapered, it has a tendency to remain upon the head of the tooth brush and not slide freely therefrom. The folding over of the end 9 of the rib 8, along the line 14 (Figure 2) not only produces the taper shown at 14 in Figure 3, but, as well permits the end 9 to be overlapped upon and secured to the flap 11 adjacent to the notch 2 (Figure 2), the strength f the guard, at its open end, beingincreased accordingly.

What is claimed is A tooth brush cover comprising a flexible blank, provided at one end with corner notches, forming a, body and a reduced tongue at said end of the body, the body having a transverse slit located at the inner end of one notch, the body being supplied at its opposite end with a reduced lip of less width than the tongue, the tongue being folded repeatedly along transverse lines to form a multi-layer rib, the slit serving to free one end of the rib; the body and the tongue being folded along a line extended longitudinally of the body and the tongue and transversely of the rib, to define a first fiap wherein the angle of one notch is located, the free end of the rib being folded into said notch along a diagonal line to overlap the flap; the body being folded along a longitudinal line, terminating at the inner end of said slit to form a second flap which is overlapped upon the free end of the rib and upon the first flap, the lip being folded along a transverse line, and being overlapped upon both flaps.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

FRANK SHUMAN.

Witnesses:

I. E. SIMPSON, MASON B. LAWTON. 

